West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-12-08

Dy tnat song that, after the singing was done
AN aged man arose i'm the audience over,
whelme1 with emotion, and said: ISir, will
you please TO tell me whether the woodman
really spared the treef' We nevor forget the
tree under which we played We never for
get the fountain at which we drank. Alas
Tor the man who has no early memo ries
David thought OF that well. that boyhood
well, and he wanted drink OF IT, but lac re-
memhercd that the Philistines had captured
II. When those three men tried 20 come up
10 the well i'm behalf OF David they saw
swords cleaning around about H. And this
Is true OF this GOSPEL vol Tho Philistines
nave at times captured 10. When we come 10
take full, old-fashionel drin'I Of pardon and
eoi i 90 not Their swords OF Indignation
and sarcasm flashi Why, the skeptics tell
us that we cannot come TO that fountaini
ihey say tho water Is not nc 10 drink any
now. III you arc really thirsty now there
Is the well OF philosophy, there is the we'll OF
ART, there Is the we'll OF SCIENCE They try
10 substitute, instead OF our boyhood faith a
modern mixture They say great
many beautiful things about the soul,
and they try 10 feel our immor-
tUl hunger on rose leaves, and mix
n mint julep of worldly stimulants, when
nothing will satisfy us but "a drink OF tho
water OF the well of Bethlehem, which is al
the gate" They. try 10 starve us on husks,
when the F9ther's banquet Is ready and tbe
best ring is taken from the casket, and the
sweetest harp is struck for the music,
ana the swiftest foot is already lifted
Tor the dance They patroniza
heaven and abolish hell, and try To measure
eternity with their hour-glass, and the throna
Oh tho great God with their yard-stick! I
abhor 1T. tell you the old Gospel well is a
captured we'll / pray God that there NAV
De somewhere in the elect host three an.
nolnted men, with courage enough TO 90
forth in the strength of the omni.
potent sod, with the glittering swords
OF truth, 10 hew the way back
again TO that old well. think the tide is
ttlrulnQ md that tba oil ;..t q.
place again in the family, and in the univer-
sity, and i'm the legislative hall Men have
tried worldly philosophers and have found
oout mat they do not give any comfort, and
Ihat they drop an arctic midnight upon the
death-pillow. They fail when there is a
dead child in the house: and when the SON
comes to leap into the fathomless ocean OF
eternity, they give TO the man not so much
as broken spar TO cling TO. Depend upon
IT, that well Will come into our possession
again, though it has been captured III there
De not three anOinted men IN the Lords
host with enough conservation to do the work
thea the swords will leap from Jehovah's
Duckler ana the eternal three will deScend-
God the Father, God the Son, God the Holy
Ghost-conquering for our diving race the
way back again to 1.-THE water of the we'll OF
bothlehem, which is by the g1ten "If God
be FOR us who can be against usg1 UIf God
spared not his own Son but freely give him nm
for us all, how shall he not with him also freely
give us all thiugsm "For | am paryuaded
that neither height, nor depth, nor angels
nor principalitieS, nor powers nor things
present, nor things TO come, shall take from
us, INTO final captivity, the Gospel of my
blessed Lord Jesus Christ
Again, the Gospel well, like the one spoken
OF III my text, is a well at the gate The
traveller stops the camel o-day, and gets
down and dips out Of the valley OF the East
some very beautiful clear, bright water, and
that is out OF the very well that David longed
Tor. DO you know that that well was at
Int mob To-
Bethlehem without going right past In And
SO IL IS with this Gospel well--it is at the gate
III Is, IN the first place at the gate of purifca-
ton. we cannot wash away our sins unless
with that water. l take the responsibility
of saying that there is no man, woman, or
child in this house today that
has escaped sinful defilement. Do you
say IL Is outrageous and ungallant
Tor me TO make such charge DO you
say; =" have never stoen-I have never
Dlasphemed-l have never committed un-
CHASTITY have never been guilty of
murders L reply, you have committed a
SIN SIN worse than biasphemy, worse than I'M
clastltyi worse than theft, worse than muir
der. We have all committed it, We
nave by our sins recrucified the Lord and
that is decide. And if there be any who dare
20 plead " not guilty to the indictment, then
the hosts OF heaven will be empaneed as a
jury TO render unanimous verdict AGAINST
u.s. guilty one, guilty all With what a slash
ing stroke that one passage cuts us away
from all our pretensionS. There is none
that doeth good-no, not oncn ''Ohn saws
some one, "all we want all the race wants
IS Development Now / want to tell Won
that the race develops without the GOSPEL into
a Sodom, Five Points, n great Salt Lake
City. 1t always develops downward and
never upward, except as the grace of God laws
mold OF IT. What, then, is to become of our soul
without Christi Banishmcnt Disaster But
bless my Lord Jesus Christ that there is n
Wen at the gate Of publication. For great
ID. ss.frr
erosion, an eternityof forgiveness. For crime
deep as hell, an atonement high as heaven:
that where sin abounded so grace NAV much
more abound; that as sin reigned unto DEATH
even so may grace reign through righteous
ness unto eternal life by Jesus Christ. our
Lord Angel Of the Covenant dip thv wing
In this living fountain to-day and wave it
over this solemn assemblage, that our souls
may be washed in ''the water of the well OF
Bethlehem, which is by the gate
further, i remark that this well Of tho
gospel IS at the gate Of comfort Do Won
know where David was when he uttered tbd
WgI9S on tne text He was in the cave OF
Adullam That is where some Of Won ars
now Hns the world always gone smoothly
Nth your Has Il never pursued Won
WITH slonderl Is your health always
RoodI Have your fortunes never
nerlsbedf Are your children an alive md
Welii Is there no dead lamb. in the foIdi
are you ignorant Of the way TO the ceu,efe,.v,
lave you never heard the bell toll when N
seemed as n every stroke Of the iron claUper
beatyour hearth Arc the skies az bright when
you look into them as they used 10 be
Wuen other eyes, now closed used 10
look INTO themf Is there some trunk or
drawer an your house that you 20 20 only on
anniversary days when there comes beating
against your soul the surf OF a great ocean OF
agony 10 is the cave Of Adullaml The cave
or AduIaml is there some David here
whose Iatherly heart hayward Absolom has
brokenf Is there some Abraham here who is
lonely because Sarah is dead in the family.
prot or machpclahi After thirty or forty
years or companonship, how hard it was for
tnem 70 partl Why not have two seats i'm
the LORD chariot, so that both the old folks
might nave gone up a oncel Ny aged mother.
lh her last moment, said 10 my father. Father.
Wouldn lt be nice III VIC could both 20 20.
Eetnerf No. no, no. We must part And
tneTe are wounded hearers here to-day. Tho
word cannot comfort you What can it
Mlng your Nothing Nothing Tho saIve
Lhey try % put on your wounds win noe stick
lhey cannot with their buugling surgery.
mond The broken bones
Ioppar the Neamothte and B1dad the
Hhuhte. and Ebphaz the Temanite. come iD.
and talk and talk. and talk but miserable
.pihioIlef5 are they ALL They can not pour
h1ht into the cave of Adullam They can
npJ bring q single draught 0f water from
we "fIl ot Bethlehem, which Isl by
L1e gate But, glory be 10 Jesus
,hfst. there is comfort at the gate
Ihere l4 ilts in tho well 90 the gate. m Won
give me time, j win draw up "a promise for
efey man, woman and child in this house
AFt 4 VIII 40 It lu two minutes will law